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Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic - June 1998
WHO Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1998Working together with national AIDS programmes throughout the world, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization have surveyed the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS.DocumentInjecting drug use and AIDS in developing countries: determinants and issues for policy consideration
AIDS Economics, World Bank, 1996Given the extent of HIV transmission associated with drug use, it is important to examine determinants of drug use and related behaviors in developing countries where this is currently a problem, and where this may become a problem in the future. This paper will provide a review of literature on injecting drug use and HIV in developing countries.DocumentConfronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic
AIDS Economics, World Bank, 1997Concludes that with approximately 90 percent of all HIV infections occurring in developing countries, more intensive government prevention efforts, especially among people who have many sex partners or inject drugs, could save millions of lives and reduce the severe economic and social costs of the epidemicDocumentMother-to-child transmission of HIV
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the overwhelming source of HIV infection in young children. Of the 3 million infants infected with HIV since the beginning of the pandemic, about 90% have been born in Africa. However, the number of cases in India and South-East Asia appears to be rising rapidly.DocumentThe status and trends of the HIV/AIDS epidemics in the World
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998Symposium report from June 1998, complementing WHO report. Aim is to provide information that can be used by international, national and local bodies to review the most important aspects of the evolution of the HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world, recognize the current status of and trends within these epidemics, and take action to advance the regional and global responses to these epidemics.DocumentThe impact of HIV/AIDS on farming households in the Monze District of Zambia
Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997This paper focuses on how HIV/AIDS undermines household responsiveness to cope with crises, such as new agricultural policy reforms, HIV/AIDS, years of drought, and death of cattle. It uses a collection of 32 household case-studies. It investigates how caring for a chronically ill family member impinges on household production and alters labour allocation between genders and generations.DocumentThrough a gender lens: Resources for Population, Health and Nutrition Projects
Family Health International, 1998Reviews existing models and methodologies for incorporating a gender perspective into U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) development initiatives.Pages